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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Change

Change we can do without.
 Barack Obama is our President. When he was inaugurated I hoped  for the best, that he would prove me wrong of my impressions of what his Presidency would be like. I still do. So far he hasn't. Unfortunately it may be worse than I could have imagined. I believe that the American electorate has made a terrible mistake. I can understand why so many voted the way they did. Job loses, and a relatively bad final two years of the former administration. A historic election, an epic event in the history of this land. Now what ?? Have liberal fascists hijacked the Office of President of The United States ? I hope not. I hope I'm wrong.
Hope, a simple word that I have now used three times. Change, I think that's a word that became a theme, actually Hope and Change were themes in Senator Obama's campaign to become President. It worked. But, Hope for what? Change to what ? Now that he is President, what has changed ? We no longer are fighting a war on terror, we are engaged in "Ongoing Contingency Operations"(OCO), what an insult to our military. China, and Russia are committing themselves to expanding their military capabilities both conventional and otherwise. According to the UPI the two former communist rivals recently completed their first joint military training exercise. The administration has sent overtures to Iran, and if I'm not mistaken Syria; both supporters of Hezbollah. Two nations that are sworn enemies of one of our closest allies, Israel, as well as state sponsors of terrorism. The possibility of a one world currency. 
A Treasury Secretary that was a Tax Cheat. Have "the nuts taken over the nut house" ?
Then there is the Budget. The President is pushing forward a massive spending fiasco that will be greater than the combined budgets of all administrations  from George Washington to George W Bush. Nearly ten trillion dollars in ten years. Check Card, Cap and Trade, Nationalized Health Care. Go figure. 
 Meanwhile we are so preoccupied with bad economic news, dis- informed by a politically biased media, a government bureaucracy that is so vast there is no way of keeping up with all the policy changes through executive orders. Stroke of the pen, law of the land.   I never thought I would be fearful of the future, but I am. I  have always thought of Thomas Jefferson's words such as those quoted previously (below) as from someone wanting to create a better world than the one they had previously known. But also as a warning to future generations. Now those words are bordering on prophetic. Could it happen here. Has it already happened here. The one that worries me most is Tyranny.
Is our precious Constitution on life support ? Do enough people care ? Or are we so caught up in worldly distractions to notice the surreptitious transformation that is taking place. Is this just my illusion, coupled with post election sour grapes conjuring up a conspiracy theory. 
I hope  so, but I think not.

When a former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and  history professor uses the "D" word in describing where this administration is orienting, that worries me.
 Big Time ! D is for dictatorship.  Either Time or Newsweek, I think it was Time had Obama portrayed on the cover in the likeness of FDR. He ain't no FDR ! 
I think Albert Einstein said "we all sit on the shoulders of a giant (Sir Issac Newton).
I believe the Giant of our time is Reagan.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Thomas Jefferson, Dan Hannan

Hank Williams Jr. wrote a song in which the lyrics contained the phrase " Mr. Lincoln I wish you were here". I wish Jefferson were available to straighten things out up in Washington. Mr Jefferson I wish you were here !
Some quotes from Thomas Jefferson:
  • "The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give it to those who would not"
  • "Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have.....The course of history shows that as government grows, liberty decreases."
  • Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty."
  • "The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort , to protect themselves against tyranny in government"
  • "Most bad government has grown out of too much government."
  • "When people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." 

In the YouTube below:
Dan Hannan from the U. K. addressing British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the E.U.
"Look Mr. President, No Teleprompter"
This was by any measure an Impromptu Smack down ! 

Daniel Hannan MEP: The devalued Prime Minister of a devalued Government

Preach it brother Dan, preach it.
The U. K. is as we will be if we let the democrats run our Nation off the socialist cliff.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Lets borrow some more !

The thought of what our National Leadership is pushing on our future generations to pay for is mind numbing They are going to push this economy over the cliff. Politico.com has a good article on this  so I'll defer to them.
I seem to get most of my inspiration to write something at the worst time, when I'm away from this keyboard. Then when I get home I'm too tired. I found this on YouTube. I think it sums up some of what I was wanting to post. Enjoy ! 

School House Rock - Tyrannosaurus Debt

You just can't beat school house rock in getting the message across. YouTube-Cartoonsongs

Saturday, March 21, 2009

I know, he mean't nothing by it.

When our President was nominated, I decided that I'd give him the benefit of the doubt. There was really nothing too this, if one of us had said it we might have seemed a bit insensitive as he did, but we're not the President. Your not suppose to do that when your the president Mr President ! Of course we don't have a teleprompter to read from either. Neither did our fearless leader. I think the real Obama comes out when the teleprompter is still packed up in the trunk of the limo. What does it mean to me, he's just like anyone else. No big deal, an unguarded moment for our Teleprompter in Chief. 

Barack Obama

Our Teleprompter-in-Chief on Leno.
when there is no teleprompter the real Obama comes out.

Gallup Daily

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